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The 100 Greatest Fictional Characters of All Time

Aug 31, 2009 15:10

Hi folks! A lot of you here know me, but for those who don't, I'm Jason, and I'm the managing editor of Fandomania.com and co-host of the weekly Fandomania Podcast. We're doing a live podcast on Sunday at 5:30pm as part of the podcasting track, and one of the things we're going to be talking about and spreading the word about this year is a massive ( Read more... )

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oo ooo ooo starplucker August 31 2009, 19:23:06 UTC

God!

(flame on!)

Re: oo ooo ooo starplucker August 31 2009, 19:23:27 UTC

(sorry, someone had to do it.)

Re: oo ooo ooo stigmund August 31 2009, 20:12:09 UTC

I was sincerely curious as to whether we were encouraged to put religious figures in the list or not, as they are of HUGE importance in culture and influence. But there is that little bugger of stepping on (quite a few) toes--regardless if you want to cite Judeo-Christian or any other religious figure.

Re: oo ooo ooo jasontd August 31 2009, 20:34:38 UTC

Any and all fictional characters are welcome for submission. The fictional nature of certain characters might be debatable, but it's not a debate I'm going to be waging from editorial. We've already received a number of submissions of mythological characters that at one time or another were predominant religious figures, so I'm not going to draw a hardline for or against those kinds of entries. As far as I'm concerned, a character is a character here. Similarly, fictionalized versions of real life figures could be considered valid for the list (if, for example, you found Agatha Christie especially compelling in Doctor Who). If there are any submitted characters that really shouldn't be on the final list, we're receiving so many responses that the sheer number of entries will weed them out. So feel free to list away :)

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